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A cartoon by Edward Sorel depicting Jack Warner, head of Warner Bros. Studio distributing money to some of the studio's biggest male stars of the 1930's and 40's. The front three are Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney and Edward G. Robinson. From the Edward Sorel Collection.

Child, Ruth Lavinia Sabine, 1868- . Papers. Included are photographs, letters memorabilia of Boston University, photograph of the Class of '93 at their fiftieth reunion records of Miss Child's work in the Women's Graduate Club, for the offfice of the Dean of Women and ACA records, also an autobiographical sketch written in 1951; mss. of her writings and a scrapbook of clippings of her father's work.

Papers and photographs. 1 envelope and 2 rolls. No. 1, Commission as Capt. in the US 26th Regt. Infantry, July 22, 1899, signed by William McKinley with seal. No.2, certificate of appointment as Massachusetts Special Aide at the inauguration of William H. Taft, 1909. No.3, Miscellaneous military papers chiefly concerned with War of 1898 and photographs of his funeral cortege in 1909. [A 173]

Commission as Captain US Army, 26th Regt. of Infantry (Vonunteers) with signatures of William McKinley, President and Elihu Root, Secretary of War, Dec. 28, 1897, with seal. On verso is certificate of discharge, May 13, 1901. 23.5 x 10 in framed, no. 1508. [A 274]

Commission as Major in the First Corps of Cadets, Jan. 18, 1902 with signature of the Governor W. Murray Crane and seal. With certificate of oath dated Jan. 22, 1902 on verso.23.5 x 19 in. framed no. 1501. [A 278]

Gibson, Edmund, bp. of London, 1669-1748Letter to Governor Talcott dated Fulham, June 3d. 1725.2p. 20cm. Manuscript copy with holograph note in another hand on p.2 "Part of this is a note about___? interference of Bishops in colonies..."[Mayhew Family Papers, no. 5]